Miles Boy Name

The name Miles is of English origin, and means soldier.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Miles has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Miles

Use of the Name Miles for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

39,679

29,270

22,606

11,934

7,143

3,048

1,549

The table below indicates the number of times the name Miles has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Miles

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

217

54

1881

251

40

1882

261

44

1883

257

42

1884

276

39

1885

228

52

1886

285

36

1887

274

35

1888

276

43

1889

302

33

1890

249

47

1891

241

44

1892

263

47

1893

296

35

1894

229

56

1895

324

33

1896

286

42

1897

265

44

1898

230

59

1899

293

36

1900

282

55

1901

288

37

1902

283

45

1903

286

44

1904

287

45

1905

344

36

1906

460

24

1907

337

41

1908

342

44

1909

369

42

1910

357

52

1911

408

49

1912

399

93

1913

388

120

1914

426

126

1915

395

186

1916

374

217

1917

364

234

1918

384

244

1919

356

260

1920

390

233

1921

401

231

1922

345

294

1923

384

240

1924

402

231

1925

382

247

1926

371

246

1927

414

212

1928

405

218

1929

433

185

1930

461

166

1931

436

167

1932

402

198

1933

442

155

1934

455

153

1935

448

162

1936

414

178

1937

462

146

1938

454

162

1939

444

166

1940

469

152

1941

471

160

1942

470

173

1943

500

152

1944

485

157

1945

466

163

1946

452

198

1947

413

273

1948

410

275

1949

399

284

1950

379

321

1951

389

300

1952

394

305

1953

405

294

1954

374

357

1955

410

318

1956

423

318

1957

436

313

1958

434

324

1959

445

322

1960

443

331

1961

448

324

1962

410

382

1963

438

332

1964

448

316

1965

453

292

1966

518

215

1967

523

204

1968

527

210

1969

518

226

1970

535

227

1971

568

206

1972

560

204

1973

545

207

1974

557

207

1975

532

226

1976

586

196

1977

556

225

1978

543

232

1979

468

307

1980

491

298

1981

482

299

1982

416

403

1983

447

346

1984

406

409

1985

394

456

1986

275

776

1987

262

835

1988

264

887

1989

264

957

1990

269

992

1991

273

980

1992

283

1,016

1993

270

1,068

1994

286

950

1995

328

789

1996

317

831

1997

296

943

1998

254

1,176

1999

280

1,052

2000

257

1,302

2001

244

1,382

2002

239

1,411

2003

228

1,499

2004

221

1,549

Totals:

39,679

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Miles as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.